Práticas agroecológicas com potencial de combate à desertificação no semiárido brasileiro

Abstract

The goal of this study is to systematize the main agroecological practices with the potential to combat desertification in the Brazilian Semiarid. For that, bibliographic research and documentary research were carried out. The main practices identified were: composting, use of the natural resources of the local biome, utilization of forage from caatinga, irrigation techniques, rainwater collection system - concept zero base, no-tillage system and diversified breeding and crop consortium. The presented practices do not encompass all the possibilities of sustainable actions in agricultural activity. However, it was possible to identify that the strategies discussed are based on agroecological principles. Thus, it can be noticed that the role of agroecology goes beyond the intention of generating income in small agricultural establishments and it reaches more spatial and population dimensions, such as the case of combating desertification in the Brazilian Semiarid region.